TDG Gold Reports Extensive Copper-Gold Signature Over the Baker Complex, Toodoggone

WHITE ROCK, BC / ACCESSWIRE / February 28, 2024 / TDG Gold Corp. (TSXV:TDG) (the "Company" or "TDG") is pleased to announce the results of the 2023 Lithic Drainage Sampling ("LDS") survey conducted over TDG's ~42 square kilometre ("sq.km") Baker Complex, and also Greater Shasta-Newberry, covering multiple defined exploration target areas¹ including the historical Baker A- and B-Veins and Shasta deposit that were mined intermittently between 1986-2012. TDG's 2021-2023 exploration work is the first property-wide, systematic program focused on the copper-gold-molybdenum ("Cu-Au-Mo") porphyry potential across the Baker Complex. Modern assay results from historical drillcore at the Baker B-Vein published by TDG in July to September 2023 demonstrate the presence of broad intervals up to 100 metres ("m") of Cu, Au and silver ("Ag") mineralization from near surface that was not previously mined.

In August 2023, TDG undertook a specialist geochemical survey collecting lithic drainage samples from the network of creeks and gullies across the Baker Complex and Greater Shasta-Newberry. The results indicate loci of higher Cu-Au-Mo against a background of elevated Cu across extensive portions of the Baker Complex (Figure 1). Higher Au-Ag concentrations are dominant in areas where Au-Ag epithermal mineralization is already known to exist, which helps to validate the LDS survey approach (Figure 2).

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Figure 1 - Lithic Drainage Sample Results for Cu.

Steven Kramar, TDG's VP Exploration, commented: "The LDS survey results show, for the first time, how extensive the copper signature is across the Baker Complex. Historical exploration was gold-silver focused and yet multiple academic studies have hinted at the potential¹ for one or more shallow, intrusive-related copper-gold-molybdenum porphyries at Baker that may have also generated the epithermal gold-silver deposits like Shasta."

Results Summary

The maps above and below show consistently elevated Cu, Au, Ag and Mo concentrations across the Baker Complex and Greater Shasta-Newberry. The top quartile of assay results for Cu-Au-Mo appears to be concentrated into two, large footprint areas: (i) the broader area around the historical Baker mine, which was explored for its gold-silver potential, and (ii) Saunders, which has historically seen minimal exploration and evaluation for its mineral potential. Figure 4 presents areas¹ with elevated tellurium ("Te") concentrations, and Te is an element commonly associated with mineralized intrusions, such as porphyry Cu-Au-Mo systems. Maps for lead ("Pb") and zinc ("Zn") display broadly similar distribution patterns.